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Author Topic: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025  (Read 633 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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0022: "Ride of the Valkyries" + VO "wait - is this thing ...", ID



0023: YL talking
0025: "Bad Egg" - Radioactive Chicken Heads

0027: YL w/ID, talk of an old ship, "our transmitter hums like its had a few drinks", ID
0029: "What's Up" - Barbara Martinez, YL talking
0037: "Radar Love" - Golden Earring
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« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0051 UTC by DangerKitty »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2025, 0023 UTC »
0023 S9 with little fading and good audio. Female with a British accent speaking.
« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0041 UTC by Quasar »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2025, 0027 UTC »
S7-S9 signal with pretty good audio over relatively low to moderate noise heard via the Fair Hill, Maryland, SDR ...

0026 UTC: "Bad Egg" by Radioactive Chicken Heads.
0028 UTC: Usual British-accented female host talking about Radio Free Spirit's studio: "Our transmitter hums like it's had a few drinks."
0029 UTC: Host with ID into "What's Up" cover by Barbara Martinez.
0033 UTC: Female host talking a tour through the "ghostly studio," supposedly housed in a 1994 car in the forest.
0035 UTC: Host mentioning ID again, then dedicating the show to Ozzy Osbourne, George Kooymans, and Connie Francis, all of whom died recently. She then introduced the song "Radar Love" by Golden Earring, which was co-founded by Kooymans.
0041 UTC: Female host talked about Connie Francis into the song "Fallin'" by Connie Francis.
0044 UTC: Host then talking about Ozzy Osbourne into "Mr. Crowley (Live)" by Ozzy Osbourne.
0050 UTC: Female host talking again about Studio B," the Plymouth Voyager in the woods, and how the station's "official" vacuum cleaner cleaned up the studio.
0052 UTC: Host then dedicated a song and played "Fool for the City" by Foghat.
0057 UTC: Female host with ID and then "news" about a proposal to harvest fog, then "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath.
0103 UTC: Host with another "ad" for a vehicle towing service, ID, and talking about "the Tower of Power," a project being erected behind a local workshop to be both an antenna and to "reach them."
0105 UTC: Host saying "keep 43 meters weird" into "Tombstone Shadow" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Thanks for the entertaining program, Radio Free Spirit!
« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0106 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2025, 0027 UTC »
0026 utc  SIO433   6951USB
bad egg
YL talking  british accent
What's up
Radar love
« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0038 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2025, 0028 UTC »
Broadcaster: Radio Free Spirit
Listening date: 27 July 2025
Listening time: 00:25 to 01:20 UTC time
Frequency: 6951 USB
SINPO: 45444
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: Active Low Noise HF
Details of the programme listened to:
0025 "Radioactive Chicken Heads - Bad Egg
0030 "Bárbara Martínez - What's Up
0037 "Golden Earring - Radar Love
0042 "Connie Francis - Fallin'
0045 "Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley (Live)
0100 "Black Sabbath - The Wizard
0105 "Creedence Clearwater Revival - Tombstone Shadow
0109 "Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever
0114 "Golden Earring - Another 45 Miles
0019 "Connie Francis - You're Gonna Miss Me

I would be grateful to receive your eQSL at: laradioymuchomas@gmail.com

Thank you for your show.
« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0119 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2025, 0032 UTC »
Usually we go on 6953 kHz, but our signal was awful close to STERNRADIO up on 6965, so we slid down to 6950. But then there was some OTH RADAR noise, so we slid up a kc to 6951.

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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2025, 0033 UTC »
0029 "What's Up" by Bárbara Martínez.
0034 YL talking about travelling through studio B.
0036 ID 2x by YL and talking about loosing Ozzy Osbourne, Golden Earring co-founder George Kooymans and Connie Francis.
0037 "Radar Love" by Golden Earring.
0042 "Fallin' by Connie Francis.
0044 YL talking about Ozzy Osbourne into "Mr. Crowley (Live)" by Ozzy Osbourne.
0050 YL talking about Studio B.
0052 "Fool for the City" by Foghat.
0057 ID by YL.
0059 ID by YL into "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath.
0103 YL talking about tonight's sponsor.
0104 ID by YL.
0105 "Tombstone Shadow" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
0109 ID by YL into "Close My Eyes Forever" by Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne.
0113 ID by YL with eQSL email info.
0114 "Another 45 Miles" by Golden Earring.

Thanks for tonight's program!

Please eQSL to drossm@sympatico.ca
« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0114 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2025, 0039 UTC »
SINPO=45333

038- "Radar Love" by Golden Earring.
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2025, 0039 UTC »
0038 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio sounds good, Radar Love - Golden Earing
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2025, 0051 UTC »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2025, 0109 UTC »
0106 - Tombstone Shadow
0109 - If I Close My Eyes Forever
0115 - Another 45 Miles to Go
« Last Edit: July 27, 2025, 0116 UTC by Que si es? »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6951 was 6950 USB 0013 UTC 27 July 2025
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2025, 1526 UTC »
SDR recording

S -9

Mixed 70's music
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